AAP Ends Suspense, Names 20 Candidates For Haryana Assembly Polls, No Alliance With Congress

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will fight the Haryana Assembly polls on its own since it released its first list of 20 candidates on Monday, September 9, thus ending the suspense over an alliance with the Congress.

The decision came amid alliance talks between the AAP and the Congress that dragged on and the nomination window for the polls closing on September 12.

The ninety-member Haryana Assembly is scheduled to head to polls on October 5.

The AAP has fielded candidates from Naraingarh, Assandh, Samalkha, Uchana Kalan, Dabwali, Meham, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, Badli, Beri, Mahendragarh and Badshahpur while Congress has already announced its candidates from these seats.

On the issue of an alliance with the Congress, AAP’s Haryana president Sushil Gupta said, “I should say it very clearly that we have been making ready for every of the ninety seats since day one. There's now not tons time left for the polls, the last date for filing nominations is September 12. So the wait is over.”

Sushil Gupta stated that the AAP stands in a position to present a strong alternative in Haryana and announced that the party’s 2d list of candidates would be released shortly.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh stated that the party is set to contest the Haryana elections with full vigor. Earlier, Gupta announced that AAP would disclose its candidate list for all ninety constituencies if the Congress failed to finalize an agreement by evening.

The talks between the two parties were stuck up over the collection of seats to be contested by the AAP. In step with sources, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party became demanding 10 seats, while the Congress had offered it handiest five.

In step with the list of candidates shared by the AAP, its Haryana unit senior vice-president Anurag Dhanda will contest the election from Kalayat, regarded as to be a stronghold of former chief minister and veteran Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and Indu Sharma from Bhiwani. Vikas Nehra has been fielded from Meham, while Bijender Hooda is within the poll fray from Rohtak.

The disasters of the AAP and the Congress to agree on a seat-sharing arrangement in Haryana also puts a query mark on the possibility of a tie-up between the two parties in Delhi, which is scheduled to head to polls early next year.

(With PTI inputs)